Category: Port Townsend, WA

Point Wilson

Point Wilson Lighthouse

Point Wilson is located in Port Townsend within the boundaries of Fort Worden State Park and sits on the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Puget Sound, an area also known as Admiralty Inlet. The buildings are in need of repair … badly needed paint and the repair of other damage due to years in the weather. Below is a shot just a few feet away, on the beach, showing a lean-to that has also fallen into disrepair. No one is collecting money for the repair of the lean-to.

These shots were taken with my Pentax 643N using Portra 400 film.

Lean-to in Disrepair

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Two Shots from the Same Spot

Beach, Looking West

These are both shots taken from the same spot on the beach at Fort Worden State Park. I just turned 90 degrees and faced south for the second shot. I was shooting Portra 400 film with my Pentax 645N. With the shot below, I exposed for the clouds and sky and the foreground was completely in shadow. I tried to ‘recover’ the details in the shadows, but it quickly became full of speckled grains … and we aren’t talking sand grains. With a digital camera, the shot below could easily have been adjusted to show normal looking details in the shadows. The technology we have these days is wonderful.

Beach, Looking South
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A Favorite Tree

A Favorite Tree

I’m not sure why I’m attracted to this tree so much. It’s a cherry of some type (I think). During the winter, it stands out by the dark trunk and branches, compared to those around it. It’s not a wonderful specimen … but it shows its native growth pattern without noticeable pruning. Just an ‘ordinary’ tree that stands out from those around it. Saying to the world: you don’t have to be special to be special.

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Happy Fungus

Happy Fungus

I was out walking in a favorite park and noticed that a downed madrone had sprouted a huge collection of small shelf fungi. I looked up in my guide at home and think it may be Trametes Versicolor. (If someone knows different, please let us know.) Regardless, I was surprised a little because I hadn’t seen fungi on a madrone before. And this variety certainly liked what it found on this decaying log. For reference, below is a healthy specimen of Madrone located a short distance away.

Pacific Madrone

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Golden Hour in the Trees

Golden Hour in the Trees

The “Golden Hour” is a term used by photographers to describe the nature of the light in the hour immediately after sunrise and (more typically resulting from my sleep habits) the hour just before sunset. This was one of the roads in Fort Worden State Park (in Port Townsend, WA) late in the day last week. There is a nice warm tone to the sunlight coming through the trees.

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